Help needed to understand the shower drain. water drains out very slowly. Its a freshly renovated place.

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1. Looks normal, these things suck.

2. Huh? Why are you showing us a video with no standing water in it? Based on this it looks fine

   If you’re worried about the water in the drain itself, that’s supposed to always be there

3. Put some Abflussreiniger in it, wait for several hours and the drain should be fine again.

   The place is maybe renovated but the drain was most likely not cleaned.

4. you could pull the white thing out and grap with a glove in the drain to remove any hair or soap. but it look very clean in the video. mine is always full of my long hair. If there is nothing in the drain, dann you have probably some soap and hair in your pipes, not in the drain. You could try to rinse some hot water down to free your pipes. if this is not working go and get some pipe cleaner.

5. Not too sure about it from that angle, but our shower has an insert that looks quite similar. Can you pull the white thing in the drain out? It takes a little force to do that, but normally they just lock into place and can be removed. Then you can clean the drain. Often it can be enough to remove the showerhead and use the hose to blast water through the drain to clean it out. If that is not working, some s.c. “Abflussreiniger” (drain cleaner) can be found in most supermarkets.

   If the water is just standing in the drain itself – that is normal and correct, most showers have no classic syphon, so the standing water in the drain is used as a barrier for smell from the sewage pipes.

6. Pull out that white plastic thing with your hands (you may need to use full force) and grab an old toothbrush to clean it. If it’s not getting better, get a vacuum plunger. Most importantly, remove that white plastic thing first.

7. You can take out the plastic cup in the middle by gently but firmly pulling the tab straight up (hooking a finger or two under it). Then you can remove hair and other debris from the chamber under it, and clean the cup itself if needed.

   Re-insert it firmly so it forms a tight seal, and run a little water. The water gets trapped in the reassembled drain and forms a barrier against drain smells.

8. It’s probably clogged.. likely with hair. Happens to my shower often. I recommend Draino. Works like a charm and and the effect lasts a long time. Whenever I tried to declog the drain and try to remove the hair myself I would quickly have the same issue again because I wasn’t able to reach the hair deep within the drain.